---
title: "WatchedIdentity"
description: "a public entity to follow, as an armed monitor over it"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/watchedidentity
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# WatchedIdentity

a public entity to follow, as an armed monitor over it

[figure: WatchedIdentity is a definition at tenant scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | definition |
| scope | tenant |
| key | the public entity |
| store | postgres |
| family | sources |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `entity` | `id` | yes |  |
| `monitor` | `id` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
- [`/v1/act/watch`](/reference/act/watch) returns it